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WALA was an exception, since WKRG has used "First Alert" on their Doppler radar for about 20 years and their weather coverage is the "First Alert Storm Team"...WALA using "StormTracker" for about as long, going all they way back to Emmis.

https://www.ftvlive.com/sqsp-test/2023/9/3/scripps-is-tanking It seems the changes are not having a good effect on their stock price. The way Scripps is headed, they are an oversized albatross with too many worthless (Ion) stations. They need to right-size themselves by divesting the rest of the Ion stations to Inyo (at least the licenses) so they may be a company worth investing in and potentially merging into another as a means of survival.

I have a feeling KUSI is being groomed to become San Diego's CW station, as soon as the contract expires with KFMB. Despite the slant that KUSI and McKinnnon put out for years, the news-intensive format is probably toast. The ancient graphics and set are likely toast, but if KUSI had some dominance in some ways, they'll keep the stronger parts and merge those into KSWB's operation.

Due to the 11th hour-nature of the pickup, it's probably going to be this way for this year. Sinclair is basically having to create a new channel to build the CW programming around. By next year, it may resemble more of a CW-like station lineup once deals are secured. I"m assuming that the ex-CW stations owned by CBS are still going to be carried by YouTube TV? They've traditionally carried their existing independents like WLNY, KCAL and WTXA. KOCB may be dropped unless Sinclair elects to keep them on. It would be their only independent station on YouTube TV. And Nexstar should be running with all of their new affiliates, sans WADL since that deal hasn't closed yet?

WEAR was probably THE very last station to do so, after WISN relented a few years back. Likely tied to their Sinclair renewal with ABC, they tweaked their logo with the latest ABC version as well. What would they have done...pulled KDNL's affiliation in retaliation?

A couple changes in Mobile/Pensacola. To replace Dr. Phil, WALA Is debuting a half hour 3:00 p.m. newscast on September 11th followed by InvestigateTV+ at 3:30. Equal Justice with Judge Ebony K. Williams will air for an hour at 1:00 p.m. Judge Mathis is still at noon and People's Court will still air at 2 as of September 11th. (See below where Judge Mathis' and Marilyn Milan's efforts will end up!) The Neighborhood will air from 10:30 to 11:30pm, followed by an hour of Mom, then Daytime Jeopardy at 12:30am, followed by a repeat of Fox 10's 9:00 p.m. newscast, both hours of Studio Ten, and InvestigateTV+ to round out the late-night into the 4:30am news. Over at WEAR, It looks like the last hour-long 10:00 p.m. newscast is done. It will now be a standard 35 minute length followed by Jimmy Kimmel "Live". They'll also replay the 10:00 p.m. at midnight following Nightline. On WJTC (WPMI's sister station), that's where Mathis Court and Justice For The People will end up. They'll air at 1:30 and 2pm and have an encore the following morning at 7:00 a.m... On WKRG, WFGX, WPMI, and WFNA, there's nothing too earth shattering, except maybe a new Byron Allen court show or two on WFNA and anything else on WFGX.... (I've honestly lost track at this point )

Well, so much for the "SuperStation" that launched basic cable ending up as a network affiliate after all of these years.

WGTA is technically a Greenville-Spartanburg-Asheville station, since it's still located (and licensed to) Toccoa in Stephens County. Still, it serves as Atlanta's MeTV affiliate (via a leased space on WUPA (along with their H&I subchannel. Past ties to Athens and UGA have still kept it officially out of the Atlanta market. Even it's past CBS affiliate status (as a semi-satellite of WSPA in Spartanburg) made it more of a convenience for eastern Georgia viewers who lost CBS when it went from WAGA to channel 46. If things get really desperate, Nexstar could simply start up a new CW affiliate and lease a channel on one of the Atlanta full-powered stations. No matter who owns it. All it takes is a willing station to lease a subchannel to and to collect lease payments from. No license to deal with, just a jukebox and a satellite somewhere to beam the "channel" to. The irony would be if it's WUPA that agrees to it!

A legend for sure. Spent many mornings during the summer, before college classes, even during work watching TPIR during the Barker era (He was still hosting during one of my old TV jobs). This brings back the memory of 10TV's premiere of NightBeat. More infamously known for the surprise appearance of wanted fugitive Donna Osborne who later turned herself into authorities after appearing on the show, Rod Roddy's passing was the same night and can be seen in the headlines pre-open. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyS9ouDaO0o

Good point. I forgot about WANF's news on WPCH.

WATL getting the CW would bring an end to its WXIA primetime newscasts from 8-11, while WUPA is not set up to do a similar thing, much like their other sister stations are gearing up to do. Atlanta will be an interesting market to watch, for sure. CBS still owning a station with little means of expansion while still keeping an affiliation with WANF and losing an equivalent news effort IF WATL goes CW.

Piping in an adjacent affiliate would be the ultimate irony for Nexstar, given their retrans-heavy model. The last thing they would want to seemingly do is pipe in another market's station in a market they can't land a new affiliate in... In the small chance that Cox secures a deal to put the CW on one of their subchannels, that would give WSB and WPXI outlets for a 10pm newscast ....and in Pittsburgh, to bring their existing one in-house away from WPGH, leaving Sinclair in the dust to fill it with TND or something like that...

That's gotta be great news for all of the Nexstar stations roped into promoting this garbage during their local news breaks. At least the AT&T/DirecTV viewers didn't see it since all of their Nexstar channels are blacked out!

Could some of these late additions be due to the ongoing strikes?

Sinclair slacking off here in Pittsburgh with WPGH is about to hit them once again. KDKA has handily won the race with their 10pm show on WPCW and Sinclair has no inkling to compete at a local level in one off their larger and older markets.

Good to see that they didn't get sucked into the Byron Allen void of daytime TV.

Seeing as how WLUC is the absolutely dominant station in the area by a longshot, there's little incentive to change.

The GrayOne package looks nice and all, but I still hate the main font. I thought I read somewhere it was chosen because it was "easy on the eyes?" And the fact that Nexstar has a package that uses it in many markets....

Back in the day, KDKA's viewing area was referred to as "KD Country". It probably has some casual mentions now and then, but it's likely been shelved by all of the CBS mandates over the years...

Apologies for the bump, But NewsNation has been obsessed with UFOs lately. How long before before they hire Giorgio A. Tsoukalos as an on-air personality?

Former longtime WALA chief meteorologist John Edd Thompson was attacked at a gas station this past Tuesday. https://www.fox10tv.com/2023/07/28/retired-fox10-chief-meteorologist-john-edd-thompson-attacked-81st-birthday/ Thankfully, he is ok. Why someone would do this to an 81 year old man, even one that is considered legendary in the Mobile area is absolutely sickening.

I've said it before, but Jeff Zucker should never be entrusted with anything, ever again. The fact he's trying to have the article retracted is proof he's the Svengali behind the Orange one and all of his illusions and distortions of the truth....

Yes they did. After the repack forced them off of 50, they went back to "4".

It could be worse, like a religious network masquerading as a news network....or vice versa.... But maybe it's time to revisit the must-carry rules, since 99.9% of the stations that opt for them are worthless garbage programming of little benefit to the local viewer....

If "character" was ever an issue the FCC cared about, Sinclair would have been shut down years ago. But even by their failed and misguided attempt to purchase Tribune, payola, plugola and regulatory blunders over the years, all they got was some fines and consent degrees...